Gold ETFs: These 5 Funds Deliver Up To 33% In 1 Year; Rs 2 Lakh Grew To Rs 3.82 Lakh | Savings and Investments News

Last Updated:July 14, 2025, 12:49 IST

The rising investment in gold ETF is aligned with the rising price of gold amid the geopolitical tensions, volatility in the equity market, buying push by central banks as a hedge.

Gold ETFs have seen a rising demand among investors.

Gold ETF: Investors’ interest in passive investing is gaining a foothold in India as seen in the monthly data of AMFI. For instance, the net inflow in Gold ETFs has rebounded in the past two months by reaching over Rs 2200 crore cumulatively. According to data of the Association of Mutual Funds In India (AMFI), the inflow surge in gold ETFs came just after a net outflow in April.

The rising investment in gold ETF is aligned with the rising price of gold amid the geopolitical tensions, volatility in the equity market, buying push by central banks as a hedge.

A Gold ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that aims to track the domestic physical gold price. They are passive investment instruments that are based on gold prices and invest in gold bullion. In simple terms, Gold ETFs are units representing physical gold which may be in paper or dematerialised form.

One Gold ETF unit is equal to 1 gram of gold and is backed by physical gold of very high purity.

Gold ETFs are listed and traded on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE) like a stock of any company. Gold ETFs trade on the cash segment of BSE & NSE, like any other company stock, and can be bought and sold continuously at market prices.

Let’s see some of the gold ETFs available for investment and how much return they have given in a year. 

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF has delivered a strong 32.13 per cent return to investors in the past one year. In the horizon of three years, the returns are about 91 per cent.

ICICI Prudential Gold ETF has an AUM size of Rs 7,849.8 crore, with an NAV of Rs 83.72.

LIC MF Gold

LIC MF Gold ETF has delivered a return of 33.28 per cent in one year.

The AUM size of the ETF is Rs 403.8 crore with an NAV of Rs 8.76 k.

UTI Gold ETF

Gold Share ETF has delivered a return of 32.61 per cent in one year. The current trading price is Rs 82.85 on NSE. The total AUM size is of Rs 1,968 crore and was founded in 2007.

Mirae Asset Gold ETF

Mirae Asset Gold ETF has delivered a total return of 32.54 per cent in one year. It’s a very new ETF with a foundation year of 2023. Since then, it has given investors a return of 73.73 per cent.

The current trading price is Rs 96.16. The AUM size is Rs 788.4 crore.

DSP Gold ETF

DSP Gold ETF has delivered a return of 32.10 per cent in one year. The current trading price of one ETF is Rs 96.

It is also founded in 2023.

How Much Investment Of Rs 2 Lakh In Gold ETF 3 Years Ago Would Be Today?

For simplification purpose, we’ve taken just one ETF here.

So, if you had invested Rs 2 lakh in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF three years ago, it would be worth approximately Rs 3.82 lakh today.

So, in one year, your Rs 2 lakh investment in ICICI Prudential Gold ETF would have grown to approximately Rs 2.64 lakh.

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Varun Yadav

Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst…Read More

Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst… Read More

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